Reflections for

Resurrection of the Lord, Apr 20, 2014

Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10

Living by the Word

Ever coming toward us

John 20:1-18

Apr 07, 2009 by Frank G. Honeycutt

In his collection of poems titled After the Lost War, Andrew Hudgins chronicles the life of a Confederate soldier during and just after the Civil War. In “What Light Destroys,” the soldier fondly recalls a camping trip he once took with his four sons.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Encountering the resurrection

John 20:1-18; Matthew 28:1-10

Mar 17, 2008 by Craig Kocher

The music is out in brassy force, the altar flowers are in full bloom, and the sanctuary is full of people not seen since December. Ironically, even the visitors know the story, or imagine they do, and the lectionary readings are always the same—Matthew or John. What does the preacher say in her second, or 22nd Easter sermon that wasn’t said before?

Living by the Word

Rejoice, believers

Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 28:1-10

Mar 11, 2008 by Frederick Niedner

Rarely are cemeteries as peaceful as they seem. My boyhood friends visited them by night to consult with spirits—86-proof spirits, as I recall. Sometimes we’d glimpse young couples having soulful, breathy talks among the tombstones.

From the Editors

Bones of contention

The nature of the resurrection

Mar 20, 2007

An old joke has a graduate student giving the news to the great theologian Paul Tillich: “They’ve discovered the bones of Jesus!” To which Tillich replies, in his thick German accent, “So he really did exist!” Christianity began with reports of an empty tomb and appearances of a risen Lord. For St.

Faith Matters

Practicing incarnation

Becoming God's Easter people

Apr 05, 2005 by Barbara Brown Taylor

Whoever tied Easter to the spring equinox made a very good decision. For those who are so inclined, there is no better time for feeling alive, as the whole world wakes from winter and makes new birth look easy. Clumps of green grass erupt from the flat tan lawn. Bluebirds appear on the clothesline. There are so many redbuds in the woods that a pink haze seems to waft through the trees.

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